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About the job
Diverse perspectives and experiences are critical to our success and we welcome applications from all people from all backgrounds with the experience and skills needed to perform this role. We look forward to receiving your application
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is the independent regulator for work-related health and safety. Our purpose is to prevent workplace death, injury or ill health. In order to achieve this, we have responsibility for setting the strategy, policy and legal framework for health and safety in Great Britain.
HSE is working closely with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) and the Home Office (HO) in supporting the Government’s Building Safety Programme (BSP). This will implement Dame Judith Hackitt’s recommendations to establish a new, stronger regulatory regime following the Grenfell Tower tragedy.
As part of this, HSE has been tasked with establishing the new Building Safety Regulator (BSR) and implementing the new building safety regime.
The BSR will be responsible for:
This is a long-term policy and operational transformation programme and will continue beyond 2022/23. It provides the opportunity for colleagues outside of HSE to contribute to, and experience working in, an exciting and high-profile area of Government policy that aims to ensure that people living in high-rise buildings are both safe, and feel safe, as well as to build an understanding of a regulatory environment that has not traditionally been within HSE’s area of expertise.
The HSE is to recruit 3 experienced building control professionals to develop policy and processes to help establish the Building Safety Regulator and new regulatory regime. The secondments are for 12 months with possible extensions to 2 years.
The main focus of the position within the Competence workstream is to support the development of the new building control competence framework and criteria for registration of the profession.
Within the Oversight workstream, you will support the development of performance standards relating to organisational structure, resourcing, management of building control risks and good building control process management.
The secondees will bring their knowledge and experience of the challenges faced by the profession to develop evidence-based policy proposals for HSE senior management and government ministers. Stakeholder engagement is a key part of this process, and the position will involve travel across the UK to meet with stakeholders and others with occasional overnight stays.
The job is currently advertised at Senior Executive Officer level (band 3). The successful candidates will retain their current status and conditions with their employer, including salary.
HSE is committed to providing a supportive and inclusive working environment and we particularly welcome BAME/disabled/LGBT+ applicants as they are currently underrepresented in this discipline within HSE objectives.
Key responsibilities
The main focus of the work will be to provide your building control expertise and experience to the Oversight and Competence workstreams. Your knowledge of the challenges faced by the profession will be significant to the development of the work to oversee the performance of the building control profession and drive improvements in building safety.
Essential Experience
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
Benefits
Hybrid Working Policy
HSE is committed to introducing hybrid working. The key features of this approach are:
Hybrid working enables employees to work partly in the workplace, (ie the employee’s designated office) and partly at home.
Agreeing to hybrid working arrangements does not affect an employee’s ability to make a formal flexible working request.
This policy does not cover arrangements where the employee is a contractual home worker.
Things you need to know
Application:
As part of your application, you will be asked to complete your CV and a Personal Statement (no more than 500 words) that demonstrates how you meet the experience, knowledge and skills of the job advert.
Please Note - you MUST have your Line Managers prior agreement that if successful after interview that you can be released within 6 weeks of a post being offered
Application Guidance:
Please access the following link for guidance on how to apply and how to complete a Personal Statement https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/how-to-apply/
Sift:
The sift will take place on 16th February 2023 where you will be assessed on your CV and Personal Statement
Interviews:
The interviews will take place on a date between 1st March 2023 where you will be assessed on the Behaviours outlined in the job advert.
Further Information
If you have a disability and you need an application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please contact: hr.resourcing-team@hse.gov.uk
Please note, if you are a current civil servant and you are currently undergoing any of the following formal actions your application will not be progressed any further;
Formal discipline action, any formal action regarding attendance, poor performance or any restriction of duties as a result of disciplinary action.
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
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